A Burmese odyssey on Irrawaddy river

by Terry Sweetman / news.com.au

THIRTY pairs of tangled sandals, boots and sneakers are scattered about the deck, coated in village dust and Irrawaddy mud. An hour later they are as clean as a whistle and lined up outside the appropriate cabins. The Pandaw II It’s an introduction to service experienced while cruising Burma’s river road to Mandalay on the Pandaw II – practical rather than fawning and friendly rather than subservient.

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